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Lawrence, Louise

CHILDREN OF THE DUST
New York : Harper & Row, 1985.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0521576873
This book is divided into three parts -- each telling the story of a different person. Sarah finds a reason for living, to keep Catherine safe until she has to venture out into nuclear winter. Ophelia was born in a bunker in the protected military leftover culture hiding from reality. Simon, from the bunker, is the link of technology to the mutants who have survived by adapting and reclaiming the land.
SUBJECTS:     Nuclear warfare -- Fiction.
              Survival -- Fiction.
              Science fiction.

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